The 2016 League of Legends World Championship kicked off in San Francisco with an upset to the home crowds liking. North American fourth-place finisher in the summer split, Counter Logic Gaming, came out of the gate strong and shocked European champion G2 Esports to take the opening game of the tournament at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in front of a raucous crowd.G2 Esports deployed a strategy centered around the poking abilities of Jayce and Jhin in the top and bottom lanes, while CLG decided to attempt a risky strategy focused around flanking and charging at the opponent. It was the early-game teleport presence of Darshan Darshan Upadhyaya that tipped the scales in the North American clubs favor. After getting its footing in the game, CLG leaped out to a lead thanks to the overwhelming pressure of Jake Xmithie Puchero on Olaf (6/0/5), the last champion selected in the pick/ban phase.In a game where CLG couldnt hang back in fear of G2 Esports long-range attack, the Mid-Season Invitational finalists made the Europeans react to their up-tempo play. Whenever G2 started to stabilize from the early mistakes, Xmithie would visit one of the three lanes, usually backed by Darshan, to terrorize another lane. CLG never let the back-to-back European champion get off the ground and closed out the game in a tidy, one-sided fashion.Immortals Kim Reignover Yeu-jin helped CLG train while bootcamping for the world championships in Korea. If Xmithies performance from Game 1 is any indication, the brain trust of Immortals and CLGs starting junglers is something for the rest of Group A to worry about in the upcoming days.CLGs next game will be Wednesday against wild-card combatant Albus Nox Luna from CIS, and G2 Esports will follow that game with a match against group favorites ROX Tigers of South Korea. Onitsuka Tiger Italia . Just as Montreal was settling into the first full working week of a new year, the Impact announced the appointment of their new head coach. Asics Gel Lyte V Nere . The Dane followed up his first European Tour title last weekend with eight birdies and just a single dropped shot on Thursday for a one-stroke advantage over South Africas Allan Versfeld and Portugals Ricardo Santos. http://www.scarpeonitsukatiger.it/asics-aaron.html . Q: Team Canada announces their Olympic roster three weeks from today. Who is general manager Steve Yzerman watching? LeBrun: Over the last 48 hours, hes taken in the home-and-home between the Dallas Stars and Colorado Avalanche with Jamie Benn and Matt Duchene being the obvious targets. Scontate Asics Onitsuka Tiger Mexico 66 Uomo/Donna Argento/Beige THL7C2-9399 . Reigning world champion Eve Muirhead of Scotland opened with a 12-2 rout of Winnipegs Jennifer Jones in a battle of teams bound for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Onitsuka Tiger MEXICO 66 - Sneakers Basse - Bianche/Blu Scuro D507L-0152 . Anthony Calvillo, through 20 CFL seasons, was frequently invincible and largely stoic in the heat of competition. But underneath the professional exterior he was, and is, compellingly human. Penrith five-eighth Bryce Cartwright expects Canterbury to try to intimidate their way to an NRL elimination final win against a Panthers side short on end-of-season experience.In a do-or-die Allianz Stadium stadium clash on Sunday, Canterbury have to lift their form after losing their past three games while Penrith are chasing a sixth consecutive victory.But the Bulldogs could easily claim a psychological edge with Des Haslers team boasting almost 100 games more finals experiences than the Panthers.Between them the Bulldogs have played 117 finals matches compared to the Panthers who have just 24, making them the second-east experienced top-eight side behind Canberra.To put it into perspective, Bulldogs flyers Josh and Brett Morris, with 13 and 12 finals games respectively, have played more finals than the Panthers squad combined.Theyll come out and probably try and bully us a bit, Cartwright said.Theyve got a fairly big pack and a lot of experrience there and theyve got a great coach whos been to a lot of finals games.dddddddddddd.Its going to be a tough one and theyll come out firing ready to go.Cartwright is one of nine Panthers players who hasnt played an NRL finals game.Exciting 18-year-old halfback Nathan Cleary is another.After Cartwrights breakout season, Panthers management are reportedly getting set to offer the 21-year-old a multi-million dollar three-year extension which will keep him at the club until the end of 2021.But with more than two years to run on his existing contract, Cartwright is in no rush to ink a new deal.When asked if he could see himself playing at another club, the Penrith junior said: Probably not. But I guess everyone with a background at a club says that.Id love to stay here and my family has been a big part of this club. ' ' '